The 36-year-old India skipper Rohit Sharma has played 148 T20Is scoring 3853 runs at a strike-rate of nearly 140 with four hundreds.
New Delhi: Indian captain Rohit Sharma’s T20I career has seemingly come to a close, with a decision on his ODI captaincy also to be taken in a few weeks time after Men in Blue loss to Australia at the ODI World Cup 2023 finals at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on Sunday.
Ahead of this, according to sources in the BCCI, Rohit is unlikely to play T20 Internationals anymore and had discussed his future in the shortest format before the start of the 50-over World Cup.
The Indian skipper hasn’t played a single game in the shortest format since India’s T20 World Cup semi-final exit in November 2022. Hardik Pandya has mostly led the Indian team in T20Is since then.
After Rohit opted not to play T20I International, India will have four opening options as of now. Young guns like – Shubman Gill, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Ishan Kishan and Ruturaj Gaikwad will likely be contested for the opening slot.
The 36-year-old India skipper Rohit Sharma has played 148 T20Is scoring 3853 runs at a strike-rate of nearly 140 with four hundreds.
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“It is not a new development. Rohit hasn’t played any T20Is in past one year as the focus was on ODI World Cup. He had extensive discussions with chairman of selectors Ajit Agarkar in this regard. He has himself volunteered to stay away from T20Is. It has completely been Rohit’s call,” a senior BCCI source told PTI on conditions of anonymity.
Rohit Sharma played a crucial role in India’s journey to the finals of the 2023 ODI World Cup, leading the team with both bat and captaincy. He finished the tournament as the second-highest run-scorer with 597 runs in 11 matches, at an average of 54 and a strike rate of 113.71.
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